Oak Bay police put the brakes on a motorcycle driver going well over the posted speed limit on Beach Drive Sunday.
Officers were set up to monitor speed on Beach Drive when a man, the lone rider on the bike, was clocked at 87 kilometres per hour.
The posted speed limit in the zone is 40 km/h.
The driver was given a ticket for excessive speed and his motorcycle was seized at the scene.
Did u see this motorcycle going 87 kms/hr on Beach Drive in #oakbay y'day? So did we…hence the immediate impoundment & ticket for excessive speeding. Having your bike on a back of a tow truck…#notsocool pic.twitter.com/GrFBZWYyuZ
— Oak Bay Police (@OakBayPolice) December 4, 2017